destruct

English

Etymology

Back-formation from destruction.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌkt

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Verb

destruct (third-person singular simple present destructs, present participle destructing, simple past and past participle destructed)

1. (transitive) To intentionally cause the destruction of.
2. (intransitive) To self-destruct.

Translations

to cause the destruction of

Bulgarian: разрушавам (bg) (razrušávam) Dutch: vernietigen (nl), slopen (nl) Finnish: tuhota (fi) German: zerstören (de) Kurdish: ruxandin (ku), hilweşandin (ku), pûç kirin, xirab kirin, xopan kirin, kavil kirin, wêran kirin, îmha kirin

Russian: разрушать (ru) Swedish: förstöra (sv)